Ice-card holder



March 24, 1931. w. R. BROCK ICE CARD HOLDER Filed July 15, 1929 l E 5 30 N\\\\\\\ h Wflz'am 22232 005 Mum I A itomey Patented Mar. 24, 1931 PATENT ()FFlfiE WILLIAM R. BROOK, F SALEM, ILLINOIS ICE-CARD HOLDER Application filed July 15,

This invention relates to devices for securing in an indicating position ice cards and the like, such as housewives use for informing an ice dealer or the like the amount of ice 6 desiredby the housewife for that particular day and indicated on the car in the customary practice, these cards are displayed either by tacking the same on the outside of a door, window casing, porch post,

or in any other suitable convenient place, said cards sometimes being disposed on the window frame at the corner of the frame, generally that numeral or indicating indicia disposed the upper end of the card indieating to the dealer, the specific amount of ice or other commodity for which the card is used, desired by the housewife at that particular time of purchase.

As is often the case, the cards become either torn away from the attaching member intended to hold the card in place as before intimated or else the card may become so disarranged as to place in an indicating position an indicia carried by the card not originally intended to be displayed, thus causing confusion as to the amount of the commodity intended to be ordered and indicated on the card.

To overcome such difiiculties, the primary 3O object of this invention resides in the provision of a suitable holder for the card, whereby the cards may be positively held in position of attachment upon a porch post the like, and in such a manner, the indicia of the card in its intended indicating position and at the same time hold the card securely in an attached position so that the same may not be blown away by a strong wind, or 0t erwise torn from its attached position.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a holder of the character above mentioned, which is simple in CDi'lSiiI'llCtlOIl.

1929. Serial No. 378,553.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved card holder showing the same in an attached position and illustrating the application of the holder with respect to an indicating card.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section taken through my improved holder.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the base member or a section of the sectional card holder.

igure l is a plan View of the movable or com ilemental section of the card holder.

\Vith reference more in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that I have designated my improved card holder generally by the reference character 5. As shown the holder consists of a pair of sections 6 and 7 respectively. The section 6 T will term as the base or stationary section and section '7 as the movable section. Thus it will be seen that the stationary or base section 6 is in the nature of a disc, and the same is formed of any suitable composition, the outer peripheral edge of the base member 6 being knurled as clearly illustrated in Figure 1. The disc or base section 6 tapers from its inner face to the outer face as at A surface penetrating prong or burr 8 is provided with an elongated shank 9, which shank 9 extends in a centrally disposed bore 10 in the member 7 and communicates with a square counter bore 11. The shank 9 of the prong 8 is provided with a squared collar or flange 12, which collar or flange seats within the squared counterbore 11.

The penetrating prong or spur 8 is threaded as shown and the shank at its opposite end projects to the adjacent face of th member 6 and is externally threaded as at 13. lhe base member 6 may be threaded on a suitable support by threading the prong 8 into the support by the knurled periphery of the member 6 and turning the base to impart a rotary or threading action to the spur 8. Likewise the movable section 7 of the holder tapers from its inner face to its outer face as at 14, the largest diameter of the movable section 7 being at its inner face, and said inner face adapted to be disposed opposite to the outer face of the base member 6 which outer face is at the smaller diameter of the base member 6.

011 its inner opposed face, the movable section 7 is provided with an inwardly extending socket 15, which socket 15 is adapted to receive an internally threaded thimble 16. The thimble 16 is adapted to threadably re ceive the threaded end portion 13 of the shank 9 of the spur or prong 8, so that obviously the movable member 7 may be threaded upon the shaft 9 for longitudinal movement of the movable member '4' toward and away from the stationary section and base member 6.

In practice, the prong 8 is threaded into a porch best or like supporting member before explained, so that the base of the mem ber having the largest diameter will abut the adjacent surface or" the post member and said base member being thus rigidly and stationarily supported on the said supporting member, which supporting member as before mentioned, may be either a porch post, the weather board ng of a housing, a window casing or other onvenient and suitable supporting structu The indicia carrying card shown in broken lines in Figure 1, is, in the usual construction, provided with a centrally disposed opening, and this card may be rotatably supported on the shank 9 in abutting relation to that face of the stationary member 6 which is of the smaller diameter, the card thus being supported on the shank 9 between the stationary and base member and the movable member oi the holder.

Obviously then, by threading the movable member 7 on the shank 9, so that the movable member will move inwardly and longitudinally of the shank 9 toward the stationary member, the cards will be securely clamped between the said members. When it is desired to change the cards so as to bring another number on the card to an indicating position, the movable member 7 is loosened, that is, is rotated on the shank 9 in an opposite direction to move away from the stationary section 6, thus permitting the cards to be so turned as to bring the desired indicia to an indicating positon,'whereupon the movable member is again moved inwardly so as to engage the card and clamp the same between the sections of the holder.

From the foregoing then, it will be seen that I haveprovided a very simple, yet practical, economical and thoroughly positive means for maintaining an indicating card in a suitable indicating position and that the construciton of such is to render the device capable of being manufactured and retailed at a nominal cost, and that the same may be used with a suitable supporting member for clamping between the sections an ice card or any other suitable indicating card or like nature.

Even though I have herein shown'and described the preferred embodiment of my in- V vention. it is to be understood that the same is suscebtible to changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In an order card holder, a conical body member having a threaded penetrating prong projecting from one end thereof for threaded engagement with a support, said body member having a threaded shank projecting from the opposite end thereof, a longitudinally tapered retaining member provided with an internally threaded bore for threadably receiving said shank, and said shank being further adapted to receive an order card thereon, whereby said card may be clamped between said body member, and said retainin member. I

2. In an orc or card holder, a conical body member having, a threaded penetrating prong projecting from one end thereof for threaded engagement with a support, said body member having a threaded shank projecting from the opposite end thereof, a longitudinally tapered retaining member provided with an internally threaded bore for threadably receiving said shank, and said shank being further adapted to receive an order card thereon, whereby said card may be clamped between said body member, and said retaining member, said body member and said retaining member respectively having their outer surfaces knurled, to facilitate rotation of said body member and said retaining memher.

in testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM R. BROOK. 

